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Which to use

“Docs” and “dona” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#45,217
“Docs” frequency rank
#44,532
“dona” frequency rank
89749
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Docs dona
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Doc Nominativ Plural des Substantivs donum „Gabe, Geschenk“

Letter map: Docs vs dona

Shared letters muted; letters that set Docs and dona apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Docs (CVCC) and dona (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
Docs
4 ch
dona

Pair insight - Docs / dona

Docs and dona are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89749, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Docs is recorded at frequency rank #45,217, classified as anoun, pronounced [dɔks]. dona is at rank #44,532, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 89749, this pair ranks #54,003 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Docs vs dona

Shared letters: do. Private to "Docs": cs. Private to "dona": an.

"Docs" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "dona" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Docs ← dcos · ddocs · doccs · docss · dosc · odcs
  • dona ← ddona · dnoa · doan · odna

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Docs" and "dona" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "Docs" or "dona"?
"dona" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #44,532 in our German list, against #45,217 for "Docs". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "Docs" and "dona". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Docs" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dona" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #54,003 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Docs" and "dona" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Docks vs Docs". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #54,003 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list